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Some health experts warn the United States may be on the cusp of another Covid-19 surge if Americans aren’t careful — just as the country races to vaccinate more people. There are two key things the US can do to prevent more infections, hospitalizations and deaths, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN. “A, you keep pushing
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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar on Sunday said Major League Baseball’s decision to pull its all-star game from Atlanta in response to Georgia’s new restrictive voting law adds to a history of boycotts that have pushed for justice. “We know that boycotts have allowed for justice to be delivered in many spaces. The civil rights movement
Continue ReadingMichigan reported 8,413 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the state’s total pandemic case count to 692,206, according to the state’s health department. Saturday’s daily case count is the highest the state has reported since December 7, when the reported case count was 9,350, state statistics show. Just eight weeks ago, state data showed the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Henderson County beekeeper Jim Poe says he has just under 1 million bees in his backyard. “I like to say I’m bee evangelizing, telling people about bees,” Poe said. The Director of External Communications for the Henderson County Beekeepers’ Association says he is
Continue ReadingMississippi’s Republican governor said Sunday that he doesn’t support the potential use of so-called Covid-19 vaccine passports in his state, calling the credentials that could be key to a return to normalcy by the end of the year unnecessary. “I don’t support vaccine passports. I don’t think it’s necessary and I don’t think it’s a
Continue ReadingA triple shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, left one person dead and two others injured Saturday night, police said. A caller reported gunfire in the 1600 block of Hiawatha Drive around 10 p.m., the Virginia Beach Police Department said. When officers arrived, they found three people were shot. One of the victims was pronounced dead
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A suspect was arrested for threatening Park Rangers with an ax and shooting a paintball gun at another person in downtown Portland on Saturday, according to Portland Police Bureau. At 10:00 a.m., a person had walked into the Central Precinct and reported being shot
Continue ReadingVaccine eligibility in the US is expanding quickly, and so is the popularity of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s little white card. While plans to establish standardized vaccination proof are still being developed, many are holding to their Covid-19 vaccine cards as a potential form of social currency. And companies, like Staples and
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn responded to Major League Baseball moving their All-Star game out of Georgia in a series of tweets. After Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a new voting bill into effect that made many changes to the state’s voting laws, Major League
Continue ReadingThe 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which honor achievement in film and television performances for 2020, will take place this weekend after multiple delays due to the coronavirus pandemic. When do the SAG Awards air? The show will air on Sunday April 4, 2021. Where can you watch the show? The show will be
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President Joe Biden’s roughly $2 trillion jobs proposal that is focused on infrastructure and the climate crisis is a “serious proposal,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday, but more work must be done on the plan to ensure it addresses major issues concerning the nation’s “human infrastructure.” “I think many of us see a crisis in
Continue ReadingSheryl Threadgill-Matthews is paying close attention to how a delay in the release of redistricting data by the US Census Bureau could affect Alabama’s Black community. Last month, the Census Bureau announced that it won’t be delivering data that state lawmakers and redistricting commissions use to redraw legislative districts until the end of September 2021.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Missaukee County, MI (WNEM) — A suspect took his own life after a woman was found dead in her home. Around 8 p.m. Saturday night, Michigan State Police Troopers were called to a home on North Seven mile Road in Missaukee County for a welfare check. When they
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A bill that proposed a significant tax increase on wine products and beer manufacturers is now being amended to include all players in creating legislation to address funding for addiction services. The Addiction Crisis Recovery Act would have raised taxes on beer and wine
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Jordan’s former crown prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the half-brother of the country’s ruler King Abdullah II, claims he has been placed in isolation and his communication cut off, in a video statement obtained by the BBC. Prince Hamzah said he had been told by the Jordanian military that he shouldn’t leave his home, suggesting he
Continue ReadingFlorida’s Manatee County Public Safety Department has declared a state of emergency and ordered a complete evacuation of the Piney Point reservoir site and surrounding areas due a leak that could cause a collapse of phosphogypsum stacks, waste that is created during fertilizer production and phosphate rock mining. The Tampa-area reservoir could cause structural collapse
Continue ReadingAt least 550 people have been killed by Myanmar’s military in the aftermath of a coup which overthrew the elected government on February 1, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), an advocacy group based in neighboring Thailand. Security officials have responded to dissent with a brutal crackdown and detained thousands, including at
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the US economy, health care system and schools. Some experts say it’s also to blame for a recent spike in avalanche deaths. Seriously. So far this winter season, 36 people have died in US avalanches, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), tying the record set in
Continue ReadingHere’s two reasons to marvel at the men’s Final Four on Saturday night: Somehow, the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t derail the season, despite lots of postponed or canceled games over five months. Second, for all the strange circumstances — limited attendance, no bands, teams playing in just one state and sequestered in four hotels — this
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More than 4 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine were reported administered in the past 24 hours, setting a new record and bringing the seven-day average to more than 3 million a day, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Saturday. Dr. Cyrus Shahpar, the Covid-19 data director at the White House, celebrated
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